There were two presidents whose terms of office overlapped those years generally defined as the Great Depression. The First was Republican Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), who was 31st President of the United States from 1929-1933. However it was his successor, Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), who would see the country through the crises by way of his administration’s famed "New Deal" strategy of Government funded initiatives, public works programs, and overhaul of the financial system.

Hmm… sounds allot like whats going on now!